Nitrates and phosphates up after moving rocks

[Ireland.Escada]

I moved some rocks around last night and noticed some bubbles on the top of the tank this morning. The water was tested about 7 days ago and was fine. Will this hurt the fish? I don’t have any chemicals at home to help. The fish store will be closed by time I get there after work. Thanks

 

[vetteguy53081]

I moved some rocks around last night and noticed some bubbles on the top of the tank this morning. The water was tested about 7 days ago and was fine. Will this hurt the fish? I don’t have any chemicals at home to help. The fish store will be closed by time I get there after work. Thanks

This may be temporary
Allow the tank to settle 8-12 hrs before testing
What test kits are you using?

 

[blaxsun]

Without knowing what kind of filtration setup you have, it's hard to say. @vetteguy53081 has good suggestions.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I moved some rocks around last night and noticed some bubbles on the top of the tank this morning. The water was tested about 7 days ago and was fine. Will this hurt the fish? I don’t have any chemicals at home to help. The fish store will be closed by time I get there after work. Thanks

Do you skim the water off the surface, as with an overflow?

 

[Ireland.Escada]

Do you skim the water off the surface, as with an overflow?

I have a protein skimmer and I have a floval system. I don’t know what an overflow is. But I did clean out the protein skimmer (it’s an octO2000)

 

[Ireland.Escada]

This may be temporary
Allow the tank to settle 8-12 hrs before testing
What test kits are you using?

I am using a coral test kit I got from petco. I will bring the water down to the fish store tomorrow. So they can scan it into their fancy machine